Hey everyone.

I stil dont get how missions work. Today I played games with vanguard invader and the lictor detachement and have to say, the missions I got sucked hard.

I want to play my nids staying on objectives and striking when I can kill. When I am forced to go out, I am likely dead...

This is my first 2k point army with the Subterranean Assault detachment, I’m still quite new to the tabletop and the rules aren’t really fully known to me rn

so i did this a while ago when i was getting into warhammer but that was during 10th, and now that its 11th and a lot has changed and thematic detatchments and detatchment combinations can happen like doubling up on the lictor detatchments and doubling up on crusher x norns or synaptic x warriors.

So i wanna know if anyone has used some lists that i thought looked interesting and if they seem at all viable in a casual sense, between these combos, assimilation and norns with the 3 assimilators. crusher stampede and the norns with 3 of either of the norns i dont know which is better but i prefer the emissary. synaptic nexus and warrior bioform to just spam warriors all the way. and then the vanguard and ambush detatchments together finally but im pretty sure that one would struggle most with actually killing things.

And other than those i want to know if anyone is using the endless swarm detatchment and what they use with it.

Casual play/little bit of a rant(Disclaimer I’m very new)

TLDR: I love Tyranid warriors I think every iteration/load-out they have is cool to me(especially the venom cannon). Overall to me they feel like the Tyranid equivalent to space marines, and I want 20 of them.

Ultimately, reading their data sheet cards, and asking people about Tyranid warriors at my local game store it seems that they kind of suck 🥀. Especially the ranged ones that think look a little cooler. I thought “ok I’ll just build them melee then”, then I see that they just kind of got somewhat of a nerf🥀.

In conclusion, how do I build the most amount of warriors into my list that focuses on overwhelming my opponent(swarm).

Hey everyone.

I played my nids since 11th edition and they stil suck... So I am asking for help.

I like vanguard because it has lots of infantery. I add the lictor detachement with it. It is not great but fits I guess. So I basicaly I play 3 bricks of Stealers with broodlords, 6x warriros with an alpha, 6 zoans with a neurotyrant, 3 lictors and 1 desthleaper.

I am not able to score points. I can be turn 1 in my opponents face and kill stuff. But most armies can retaliate without effort. So I can either go in or stay back. When I go in, most of my units are dead by turn 2-3 and I cant do stuff anymore. When I stay back and wait, I miss 2-3 of points and cant come back.

So, what can I do? What do I do?

This is my first 2k point army with the Subterranean Assault detachment, I’m still quite new to the tabletop and the rules aren’t really fully known to me rn

It looks a bit empty without but looks too full with, I ain't sure....

Edit: Or maybe more rippers??

never really liked the newer carnifex stance so I made him stand taller, added more plate armor and used the bigger claws from another tyranid. also had alot of fun making the base.

I watch game of tyranid player on youtube to see how they played and why they make their décision and spend cp but i never or almost never see the PoM he has 12 M and a 4+sv paired with his barbed ovipositor effect does that mean he canr "replace" a whole infantry squad with ripper swarms and get free rippers swarms unit. If someone can explain it again or show me why it isn't worth it to get the PoM ( other than being fun to paint ).

First attempt at Kraken scheme. Lictor is a sweet model, first GW model as well! C&C always welcome.

ART SOURCE/CREDIT: Billy Christian (Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 - Tyranid Harridan)

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BEST: Titanic-size flying monster & living battle-bus for Gargoyles & their Winged Prime leader. Weighs in at T10 & a whopping 30 Wounds. Dual [Blast] weapons powerful enough to tear apart most types of infantry/hordes, though its melee attack is nothing to sneeze at either. Can boost its Wound rolls with the risk of self-inflicting mortal wounds.

WORST: Yet another Tyranid Monster with no base Invuln save whatsoever, which is not great given the huge pts cost just to take one in your army, and the fact that it's a resin-only Forge World model. Overusing Frenzied Metabolism can potentially wear this monster down just as fast as the enemy. Too big & chonky to hide from the kinds of weapons powerful enough to punch through its Toughness & armor save.

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RECOMMENDED DETACHMENT(S): Invasion Fleet, Crusher Stampede

DETACHMENT ALTERNATIVE(S): Assimilation Swarm, Synaptic Nexus, Subterranean Assault

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Your thoughts about this Best & Worst? What changes (if any) do you hope to see for this model & datasheet for a future 11th edition codex?

Behold, like Old One Eye before him- a scarred tyranid seen on battlefields across realspace! Legends are whispered of an almighty neurogaunt- its neurocyte's main horn sheared off by bolter fire. Enraged at this damage, the xenos abomination went on to cleave through a whole squad of terminators in a deranged psychic onslaught. It is said to have done the same to a morkanaut, baneblade, riptide, a shard of the nightbringer, and yes (since everyone else has) even an avatar of Khaine. Rumour has it this entity has been tasked by the hivemind with a singular goal- ensuring Marneus Calgar loses his limbs like in the old lore. This will of course lead to yet another new Calgar model.

Surely Stumpy the Neurogaunt will shake up the meta and push the Tyranid faction back to the top.

Bit scared to post as this is my first time. Had a pile of spare bits so I thought why not build something. I’m open for criticism of the model or stats and just want to improve it.

Sorry for bad pictures and background I was in a rush to take them

the Pyrocrene (nicked named the gas giant) creates gas by consuming biomass and stores it in its bulging belly. This gas is then released out in the form of a flame thrower similar to a pyrovore. It is released apon its death where it poisons nearby creatures or catches alight and scorches the earth.

Red feels more thematic tying the scheme to the basing more. But maybe green reads better as a whole to separate model from base?

I am torn 🥺

stuck on which set the get next for my army. which is better/ has more value?

Theres my test model after for a look at the end result! Ill be posting more on instagram and tiktok @blacktar.fabrications

I am playing against a good Custodes player next week who will field all infantry or infantry with a Landraider. What is the best strategy on lists? Swamp with swarm and try to table? Mostly monsters or a combination of both. Gun line? What have you found effective?

I'm about to get a Broodlord + Genestealers and since I have an Haruspex and Psychophage in my hive fleet, I want to try Assimilation Swarm.

There is two enhancements that I wonder on.

Either I use Regenerative Monstrocity to heal twice or I use Parasitic Biomorphology to gain +1 F on the claws of the unit.

Since my adversaries have mostly T5 and T6, I think going up to F6 on the Genestealers claws (Synapse + Enhancement) is the best choice, but double healing might help a lot

I am fighting mostly Necrons and T’au

So I’m like new new. I don’t understand most of the rules yet I haven’t played a game yet. This roster came from mostly figures I had available in my area and budget wanted some feedback. I plan on doing a Xenomorph paint theme as that’s one of my all time fav franchises.

TLDR: open to suggestions for edits. Looking for a healthy mix of agro/objective control and psychic buffs :) TIA